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When you want to buy your next Buick car, make sure that the fuel economy does not get lost in the shuffle of things. Buying a car with great gas mileage is both friendly to the environment and your wallet. You will like the financial savings throughout the life of the Buick car.
A lot is to be considered when purchasing a Buick car. If you are purchasing a used Buick car, checking the condition of the clutch, brakes, engine and transmission will play a huge role in how much that car will cost to run. Even minor problems can result in $100 repairs.
With new and old cars you need to find the make and model that has a proven track record and fits your specific needs. Make certain that fuel efficiency plays a role in your decision making. If you emerge from the car and truck purchasing process with a fuel efficient car you will take up less cash in your tank and have more dollars to spend on things that matter.
Take full advantage of what is known.
When it comes to car and truck maintenance, the one thing you can easily and accurately predict for the future is how much gas you are going to use. Fuel prices may fluctuate, but most people can spend a week or two logging their gas consumption and get a great idea of how many gallons they use. If you don't already know, track your gas consumption so you can use this information when purchasing a Buick car.
Make it the best priority.
One way to make certain that fuel efficiency is considered is to start by looking at a Buick car that gets good gas mileage. Make it the best priority and see where that leads you. The problem with today's cars and trucks market is car manufacturers know that gas mileage is not a significant consideration when purchasing a new vehicle for many United States customers.
Tightening up the numbers.
When you are evaluating a Buick cars fuel efficiency, ask yourself how long you think you will be driving the car and determine how much gas will be.
Let us say you want to get a used car for $4,000 and hope to drive it for 4 years. Below are some 4 year gas cost estimates based on driving 15,000 miles per year and buying gas for $1.40 per gallon. If gasoline is more expensive than $1.40, the costs will be even higher. A Sampling of Used Cars: 1994 Ford Explorer SUV (2WD) 4 year gas estimate = $5525 1994 Honda Accord Sedan 4 year gas estimate = $3885 1994 Honda Civic DX Sedan 4 year gas estimate = $2385 A Sampling of New Cars: 2004 Ford Explorer 2WD 4 year gas estimate = $6175 2004 Honda Accord 4 year gas estimate = $3750 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid 4 year gas estimate = $2235 2004 Toyota Prius Hybrid 4 year gas estimate = $1910
This is a little sampling of trucks and cars but you get the point. Unless you really need a sports utility vehicle or big truck, you can save a lot of dollars by purchasing a fuel efficient Buick car. You will sacrifice size and sometimes luxury when choosing fuel economy first. Part of this is because larger cars and trucks contain more weight and will naturally get worse gas mileage. But it is also a function of consumers not concerned about gas mileage when they make a decision on purchasing a new or used Buick car.
My grandmother regularly purchased and drove new Buick automobiles even though she certainly could have afforded a Cadillac if she so chose. To her, a Buick had enough luxury in it without flaunting personal wealth, something that this Quaker bred woman was loathe to do.
Today, Buick soldiers on as the brand just below Cadillac, a line of premium vehicles that has diminished in popularity in the US, but has reached meteoric proportions in the People's Republic of China. Yes, in China of all places the Buick name has gained a solid footing, so much so that is by far General Motors' most popular brand, selling twice as many Buicks there than in America.
Buick's popularity in the US is understandable, but why China? Well, you have to go back nearly one hundred years during the reign of the emperors in the Forbidden Kingdom. Cars were new to the world at the time and both the last emperor and the first leader of modern China owned Buicks. Though decades of communist rule stamped out most Western practices and traditions, the quasi-capitalistic Chinese state of today has once again embraced all things global, uncovering the early interest in the Buick brand.
Due to the popularity of Buick in China, GM has bolstered the brand considerably by offering several more Buick models there than the three models sold in the US. While the American market has the LaCrosse, Lucerne, and Enclave, China sells several different models which are essentially rebadged versions of other GM products from Daewoo, Opel, Holden, and elsewhere. This year, Buick also began to export to China from the US its big Enclave crossover in a bid to expand its Chinese line up.
Of the cars sold in China, are there any that can also be sold in the US? One model that has gotten a lot of attention this year is the Excelle, a compact sedan that is smaller than the LaCrosse, the smallest of the two sedans currently offered by Buick (Lucerne being the other one). The current iteration of the Excelle is based on a Daewoo platform and sold throughout Asia and other parts of the world as Daewoo, Holden, Chevrolet, and even Suzuki models. Powered by small four cylinder gas engines with a displacement between 1.4L and 2.0L, the Excelle could be just the type of model fuel conscious Buick buyers would consider buying, provided that the quality and luxury levels were there.
Beginning with the 2009 model year, a new Excelle is being sold overseas, a vastly improved model that has sweeping lines and unmistakable Buick features including the signature fascia and ornamental portholes. That model has fueled recent rumors that GM would make the Excelle available stateside, whether imported from China or built in a US factory remains unknown, but is a distinct possibility nonetheless.
Powered by 1.6L or 1.8L four cylinder engines, the Excelle would certainly be the smallest Buick sold stateside in quite some time. Likely, if GM chose to bring the car to the US, it would be mated to a six-speed automatic transmission to help it achieve superior fuel economy. Perhaps GM would even consider offering a six-speed manual transmission to broaden the car's appeal to a younger generation. Easily, a compact Buick should get about 35 mpg, a figure which would help GM meet more stringent federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements.
If my grandmother were alive today, I doubt that she would choose a car as small as the Excelle, given her larger car tastes. But, if GM manages to offer this car stateside with a level of quality and luxury that Buick drivers expect, the Excelle could once again bolster the brand's image and be a hit with American drivers eager to enjoy compact luxury car driving.
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